My Riffs

Sometimes we slip. But don’t allow yourself to slip twice. Step forward. Stepping forward is always the right response when things slip. 

We add so much pain to ourselves when we ruminate, when we hang onto the past and when we fight what we can't change. It's so hard to do. It's easy to say stop. But when you can stop these things, you can remove added pain from life. Life comes with enough built-in pain. We don't need to heap any more on.

Tomorrow is a new month. But it’s also a new day.  Great opportunity to turn the page.  We get a new start every single day. Don’t waste even one waiting to start fresh. Do it right away, start immediately even.  A starting line can be drawn anywhere. 

To get better you need to lose some part of yourself. You have to get tired of a certain part of yourself and leave it behind. Often we don't truly want to leave behind those parts. They have become comfortable and accepted. When we truly are tired of those parts we can move ahead. We have to be willing to truly make a change though. In a way, we have to let part of us die to make way for something new to be born.

You’ll eventually be stress tested. The time and place you often don’t know.  But it’s gonna happen. And you’ll find out what you’re made of.  Form your inner character. That’s what will hold during your stress test. 

It takes a mature and self controlled person to not project one’s feelings and emotions on others.  It’s a sign of true maturity when your inner battle or turmoil isn’t weaponized against other people. Especially those close to you.  That doesn’t mean it’s wise to hold things in though. It’s wise to communicate your feelings and needs.  It’s wise to communicate and it’s mature to not take your emotions out on others.